Social Commentaries
Poetic Aphorisms: Money
From Translations
Social Commentaries
Whereunto is money good?
Who has it not wants hardihood,
Who has it has much trouble and care,
Who once has had it has despair.
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Codex Note
Translated by Longfellow from Friedrich von Logau, German
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Poetic Aphorisms: Money.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/371/.
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. “Poetic Aphorisms: Money.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/longfellow/371/.
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